Plant Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Rhubarb

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXYSTILBENE-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3-METHYL-DIBENZOTHIOPHENE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE	0	Rhizome	not available	28.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'-O-METHYL-PICEID	0	Root	not available	248.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
4-METHYL-DIBENZOTHIOPHENE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-FURFURAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	46.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-GALLOYL-SUCROSE	0	Rhizome	25.0	125.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-GLUCOSYL-RHEIN-ANTHRONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Root	not available	2030.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN	24	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-8-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALOE-EMODIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-DIANTHRONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-DIANTHRONE-GLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALOE-EMODIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINENE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticancer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95